The planet Venus sometimes looks less like a planet and more like a comet, scientists say. Scientists with the European Space Agency have discovered that a part of the upper atmosphere of Venus — its ionosphere — acts surprisingly different depending on daily changes in the sun's weather.
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Stargazers across the globe have enjoyed a rare astronomical event. They looked to the skies and saw the Transit of Venus - when the planet Venus passes between the sun and Earth. And as ITV's Paul Brand reports it's an event that won't repeated for another 100 years.

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